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BNP unveils new FX group

LONDON, TOKYO & HONG KONG - BNP Paribas is merging its global foreign exchange business with its FX and interest rates hybrid group to take advantage of cross-asset opportunities, a source has told FX Week .

Volatility profits Icap

LONDON - High volatility in currency markets led to a 35% rise in first-half foreign exchange revenues at interdealer broker Icap, according to results released last week.

Pre-operational netting now a necessity

LONDON - This summer's credit crisis has highlighted the need for the foreign exchange industry to resolve back-office burdens created by ticketing growth, according to Andy Coyne, global head of FX prime brokerage at Citi.

How to prepare for reduced volatility

In the aftermath of credit-related market turmoil, Neil Mellor, currency strategist at The Bank of New York Mellon in London, suggests a way to prepare for a return to more historically typical levels of volatility

StanChart introduces electronic NDF trading

LONDON - Standard Chartered began offering electronic trading in emerging market non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) over proprietary electronic platform Straight2Bank Web and through multi-bank platform FXall on November 13.

FX algos no longer just for big players

LONDON - Gaining an edge in foreign exchange execution through trading algorithms is no longer the domain of just the largest forex dealers, according to a panel at the FX Week Europe congress last week.

Mifid spurs e-trading growth

LONDON - Best execution requirements under Mifid could boost growth in electronic foreign exchange volume, according to a keynote address at last week's FX Week Europe event.

ECB needs to have a global outlook

LONDON - Global factors will increasingly influence European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy decisions, Philippe Moutot, the director of monetary policy at the central bank, said last week.

UBS makes more changes to FICC team

ZURICH - UBS has unveiled further changes to its newly created fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) division, less than a month after revealing substantial third-quarter losses relating to the subprime crisis.

Generating alpha: benefiting from beta

HONG KONG - Understanding beta and passive alpha strategies is valuable to alpha generation in foreign exchange, said Raymond Franzi, director and head of global finance and FX structuring for Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Bank.

UBS makes more changes to FICC team

ZURICH - UBS has unveiled further changes to its newly created fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) division, less than a month after revealing substantial third-quarter losses relating to the subprime crisis.

RBC and ANZ stay on top in active markets

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and ANZ held the top spots in their domestic markets, as increasing activity in the Canadian and Australian dollars attracts global banks to this lucrative area.

Reuters tops dealing tech

Reuters has beaten tech rivals Currenex and Cognotec to first place in FX Week 's best vendor in dealing technology category this year.

FlexTrade swipes algo honours

Technology vendor FlexTrade has trumped the competition by taking home the best vendor for algorithmic trading award for the second year running.

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